Something not right! Please help!

Just to let everyone know that horse is fine, I haven't been giving her enough feed for the work she has been doing which is why her weight hadn't changed nothing to do with a serious illness; she hasn't got any. She has dropped weight because of the change over from stable to field (no haylage). Bread is a perfectly good addition to her diet too, so I'm quite happy to carry on giving it her. Although I appreciate all your advice about getting the vet out, I do not appreciate people saying I am neglecting my horse and I could be in trouble and also that I am winding people up by posting it originally. Not only does your words offend people it is a serious matter to accuse someone without knowing everything that has happened. You don't know me and you don't know my horse, but I hope this clarifies everything for you and I just hope you don't offend anyone else like you offended me!
 
'Bread is a perfectly good addition'

confirms a wind up to me! :D

I wish all horses were cured quite so easily :D

obviously all these are symptoms of just not being fed enough for the work too

' strange noises, grunting almost and kept turning back to the farm, she was quite foot sore but she always has been since I started loaning her but yesterday she was really slow and weak. Something just didn't feel right. Been to her today and she really looks down in the dumps and still very weak.'
 
Sorry, but I'd be very surprised if a vet recommend bread as a good addition to the diet of a horse that needs to gain weight.
The grunting and being footsore not a problem?
Really?
 
Stupid question - but how do you prepare the sugarbeet?

If your mare is only four then I sincerely question the level of work you're doing with her that she's unable to sustain weight even though she's on hard feed - which, as you sound like a newbie - hard feed should not form the basis of your horses diet at all - adlib hay/lage is where it's at.

I've seen bread used before - in Belgium (stale as a treat) and once in England by a woman who couldn't afford to feed her horse.

Is this horse living with others? Can you get some help from more experienced people?

What you describe is not normal.

Is the horse barefoot and with the shockingly bad anti-barefoot diet that's why it's footy?

Lots of people want to help - and you're right - none of us have seen your horse but we know it sounds wrong.

Fwiw, I went to meet a friend's loan horse last week. She's inexperienced but the "owners know it all". I assumed the horse was a rescue case just 3 weeks into its new life. I've advised a vet ASAP to check underlying issues, I can help with a feeding regime and I'm calling RSPCA. Experienced unbiased eyes see lots!
 
EHart said:
Just to let everyone know that horse is fine, I haven't been giving her enough feed for the work she has been doing which is why her weight hadn't changed nothing to do with a serious illness; she hasn't got any. She has dropped weight because of the change over from stable to field (no haylage). Bread is a perfectly good addition to her diet too, so I'm quite happy to carry on giving it her. Although I appreciate all your advice about getting the vet out, I do not appreciate people saying I am neglecting my horse and I could be in trouble and also that I am winding people up by posting it originally. Not only does your words offend people it is a serious matter to accuse someone without knowing everything that has happened. You don't know me and you don't know my horse, but I hope this clarifies everything for you and I just hope you don't offend anyone else like you offended me!
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You came on here with a long list of what was wrong with your horse thats all we had to go on, you were given advice to get a vet as any horse with the symptoms you gave indicates something is not right, and if horses were meant to eat bread we would see it stacked on the shelves in our feed shops, feeding bread to your horse will not help it gain weight.
 
I bought a horse that had been given bread as a treat on a regular basis. She was later found to have a serious, chronic digestive problem, which I have always believed stemmed from that period of her life..
 
That's a pretty lousy diet. Sounds like a lot of sugar and bread? Not something that should make up any part of a horse's diet, their digestive system isn't set up to cope with it.
 
EHart said:
Why would this be a wind up? I haven't just fed my horse bread, it is included in the diet! Which I know is perfectly normal for a horse
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If you feed bread at all then it should be brown as white bread contains a lot of starch which can be very bad for a horse. Don't worry I am sure you have done the best for her, just get the vet now and it will all get sorted and let us know how you get on OP.

Some of the people on this forum have leap on you and you have only asked for some guidance and I think its wrong. Its obvious you are fairly young. There is no need for rudeness and sarcasm. I hope you get it sorted x
 
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